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Genotoxic impact of agricultural insecticides as contaminants of river Teesta on the resident fish Pethia Conchonius
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Journal Article
Genotoxic impact of agricultural insecticides as contaminants of river Teesta on the resident fish Pethia Conchonius
2024
Overview
Fish, being highly sensitive to changes in the physico-chemical parameters of water, are good indicators of contamination. Teesta, a prominent northern West Bengal River system, is increasingly contaminated due to anthropogenic activities. This study aims to determine agricultural pesticide contamination and its genotoxic impact on the resident fish,
Pethia conchonius
, as an experimental organism. Sample water analysis from three riverine sites I, II & III, showed the presence of the insecticides imidacloprid (IMI), chlorpyrifos (CPF), bifenethrin (BF), cypermethrin (CP), difenthiuron, acetamiprid (AC) in the sites II and III only with adjoining agricultural lands. Comet assay revealed a significantly lower % Head DNA (~ 1.2 times), higher %Tail DNA (~ 16 times), and %Tail length (~ 3.1 times) in the gills of
Pethia conchonius
from sites II and III. About 4 and 10 times increase of micronuclei and other nuclear abnormalities were also noted in the erythrocytes of the fish from sites II and III than I, which was not contaminated. The antioxidant enzymes SOD, CAT, and GST activity and MDA levels were significantly higher (
p <
0.05) in the liver samples from sites II and III, while AChE activity was significantly decreased (
p <
0.001) in the brain tissues. Moreover, the
sod
,
cat
, and
gpx
expression in the hepatic cells were significantly upregulated compared to the
β actin
mRNA indicating increased oxidative stress. Increased genomic damage, antioxidant enzyme activity, higher MDA levels, decreased AChE activity in the brain, and the upregulation of hepatic genes strongly suggested the genotoxic effects of the detected insecticides in combination with other contaminants.
